| Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Wagner, K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349361542 ISBN-13: 9781349361540 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.94 lbs) 281 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based largely on new material, this book examines thuggee as a type of banditry, emerging in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. The British usually described the thugs as fanatic assassins and Kali-worshippers, yet Wagner argues that the history of thuggee need no longer be limited to the study of its representation. |